So I'm looking at building my first ground up PC for gaming ( need to prepare for BF3! ). I have most of the parts in mind but I'm not sure if I need anything else. I should say I have a monitor and speakers, and as a student I get win7 for free.
Mobo - [URL]http://www.komplett.ie/Komplett/site/Catalog/ItemDetail.aspx?ItemNo=20078122[/URL]
Processor - [URL]http://www.komplett.ie/Komplett/site/Catalog/ItemDetail.aspx?ItemNo=20070432[/URL]
Memory - 3x [URL]http://www.komplett.ie/Komplett/site/Catalog/ItemDetail.aspx?ItemNo=15363366[/URL]
GPU - 2x [URL]http://www.komplett.ie/Komplett/site/Catalog/ItemDetail.aspx?ItemNo=20061733[/URL]
HDD - [URL]http://www.komplett.ie/Komplett/site/Catalog/ItemDetail.aspx?ItemNo=80001766[/URL]
PSU - Not sure what I'll need
Case - [URL]http://www.komplett.ie/Komplett/site/Catalog/ItemDetail.aspx?ItemNo=15483003[/URL]
So right now I'm concerned with the Memory, which seems kinda slow to me, and I have no idea what sort of PSU I'm going to need to power the SLI setup. I'm also not sure if there is anything else I need like sound or network cards. I know I also need a DVD drive, Something as cheap as possible.
you don't need 6GB RAM for gaming and you need DDR3
the RAM selection (and selection in general) on that site is crap, the closest I can find to what you actually need is two of [url]http://www.komplett.ie/Komplett/product/ZKB_01COM/08_MEMINT/productdetails/20070144/Corsair_XMS3_Memory_2_GB_DIMM_240_pin_DDR3/CMX2GX3M1A1333C9/default.aspx[/url]
spend the extra €10 to get [url]http://www.komplett.ie/Komplett/product/ZKB_01COM/21_CPU/productdetails/20070433/Processor_1_x_Intel_Core_i5_2500K__3_3_GHz_/BX80623I52500K/default.aspx[/url] and overclock, it's simple and will get you much more performance, you can do a decent overclock on the stock cooler or invest in a Hyper 212+ and go further
save SLi for a future upgrade and start with a single card [url]http://www.komplett.ie/Komplett/product/ZKB_01COM/10_GRPCARD/04_PCI-E/productdetails/20074725/MSI_N570GTX_Twin_Frozr_II_OC_Graphics_adapter_/N570GTX_TWIN_FROZR_II_OC/default.aspx[/url]
the best I can find in the crap selection for the PSU is [url]http://www.komplett.ie/Komplett/product/ZKB_01COM/29_PSU/01_PSU/productdetails/15497261/CoolerMaster_Silent_Pro_M1000_Power_supply/RSA00_AMBAJ3_EU/default.aspx[/url] not the best but I can't see anything else there, there are a lot of choices I'd rather give but they're just not on that site
try and find a site with a wider range of parts, there aren't even a lot of the staples I'd normally tell you to use instead like a Spinpoint F3
Thanks, I appretiate the input on the RAM, GPU and Processor,
What would you usually recommend for a PSU and HDD?
XFX black edition 750w or 850w, 850 would be more comfortable
or Silverstone Strider+ 850W
for HDD Spinpoint F3 1TB
[editline]1st April 2011[/editline]
the HX850 on that site is good but corsair's HX series is always too expensive and there's either similar options for a lower price, such as what I listed above, or better options for the same price
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